Origin
Our organization is registered in Barmer (Rajasthan). Organization is mainly working on gender, women empowerment, child rights (Survival, protection development, participation, children’s best interest, Accountability and non-discrimination), and dalit rights and upliftment issues through integrated development and right based approach. Because we have skills in theater and social work, we are working as volunteers since last 3 year. Now our organization is registered under society registration Act 1958. Our registration number is 109/bmr/2006-07 dated on 5/10/2006.
MOTHER organizes meetings/consultations involving these communities/social activists to develop a common strategy to work on these issues. In these meetings there was a consensus to promote a collective action on this issue and form an organization. With the result, Mother Organization came into existence. Now it is registered. It is actively working in (Barmer & Balotra Block) Initially We have decided to work in Barmer and Jaisalmer district of the State .
Background
Presently we are working with “Jogi” and “Nat” community. Nat communities belong to Scheduled caste, and the Jogi community is vagabond and they are known for loitering from one place to another place for livelihood. People belonging to Jogi community are landless and their existence is based on mercy of others. In Nat communities begging & prostitution care their traditional profession , The refer themselves as decedents of Natraj (Lord Shiva ) and evidences of history reveals that their basic profession was of conducting street dances, rope –plays etc .However since ages they were exploited by different kings and emperors and other intruders and in present times thy have adopted prostitution as their profession . The women and girls of this community are called as a prostitute and brothel.
We have initiated our effort for awareness generation on human rights and education through conducting different training, orientation and other activities ( which incorporate orientation of life skill education , gender orientation , Discovery of dreams etc) .We believe that awareness about self and surrounding through adequate education and training can only become an effective tool for bring certain and expected changes in their life status which can further provide them rooms for adopting other profession and acquiring self dignity .
Presently we have started schools for children of community in Jogiyon ki Dari, Barmer. This is an evening school where we work for skill development of children through Joyful learning techniques viz games, stories and theater activities with respect to their perception level and standard. In next step we want to form a children’s Club. This is the voluntary action and our organization is organizing it at an initial stage.
Vision
MOTHER envisions for an educated and healthy society where people can equally access their rights and live with dignity . Basically on Gender, Caste, Sect and Religion point of view for women and children especially for the girl child.
Mission
• To improve socio-economic status of women and strengthening the process of women empowerment and ensure their equal and active participation in the development process so that they can play an important role in making just, democratic and secular society.
• To improve overall child right status giving priority to work on right to survival and right to development.
• To shift the balance power -economic and decision in favor of the women.
Objectives
• Work for reducing/eradicating women development discrimination among all sections of the society
• Work for strengthening and promoting to women, adolescents and youth groups at village/block level by the vocational education and awareness on rights.
• Advocacy work for women empowerment and rights.
Approach
• To pressurizing the state governments to recognize these communities for development policies/programmes and ensure that all the programmes run by the government are promoting these communities.
• To pressurizing the state government to recognize prostitution as a social evil and take all necessary steps to eradicate it.
• Identifying castes and involve them in the development process through promoting groups and working for their perspective development, capacity and leadership building and mainstreaming in society.
• Involving and collaboration with like-minded groups.
• Orient local administration, Panchayat members and community members regarding these communities and prostitution and rights.
• Advocacy on community’s livelihood.
• Rehabilitation of the effected persons.
Strategy and Area of Intervention
Organization is aimed to promote a social campaign on above-mentioned issues and get support from other social organization work on these types of issues. In initially stage we will cover Barmer & Balotra after that some part of Jaiselmer district. Priority would be given to areas, which are more sensitive in regard to prostitution, women harassment and below status of education point of view. Campaign will be expended in nearby areas later. We will intervene in the areas which are directly/indirectly related to discrimination with the women and girl child.
• To sensitize local community and administration regarding discrimination, and other issues emphasis on women and children rights.
• To educate/orient adolescent girl children, potential youth and other like-minded people on the above mentioned issues.
• We want to form a resource center for children.
• To broad base local potential youths and other like-minded people and orient them regarding the issue.
• Awareness generation in all the society regarding discrimination in general and about prostitution in particular.
• To work for promoting of education and school for girl child with fully respect and dignity.
• Demand for separate school/resource center for girl’s development.
• To work for promoting safe motherhood, reducing infant mortality rate (IMR) and mother mortality rate (MMR) ensuring pre/post natal care and safe delivery and premature delivery. If premature girl will be pregnant we work for saving her life.
Village meetings for men and women will be organized to orient/educate regarding the issues. Eminent social/religious personalities will be involved in these meetings.
Perspective development of the personnel, associated with the campaign will be taken care. Communication/resource material will be prepared and distributed.
Women groups will be promoted idea behind this is to improve their economic status.
To form village level volunteer groups of Women weaker sections and Dalits. These groups will be formed in all villages.
Component of program
The component of program will consist many activities like , interaction and group meeting , individual and door to door contacts , community meeting , stakeholder consultation , orientation and training to different target groups , performing target activities , benefit monitoring and evaluation . The focused program will consist following task:
Potential women from village groups will be give the opportunity to develop community organization and leadership development skills so that they can effectively play their role as a social activist.
Block level forums will be promoted to raise the issues with the local administration as well as the forum to strengthen the campaign. This will include PRI members, village group members and project staff. These forums will work to develop coordination between Panchayats and the administration. It will also address other issues related to the operational area.
People will be informed about various important programmes/schemes and provisions/ salient features under various acts like domestic violence against women act, dowry act, right to information act, Employment Guarantee Act, child marriage act, etc.
Since media can play an important role in raising the issues so that it gets proper attention at administrative as well as political level, work will be done to sensitize print and electronic media. For this regular interface with media will be organized.
It will ensure proper communication, information and resource material distribution among all the activists associated with the campaign.
Time period:
To experience the expected outcomes the time period of intervention will be of five years in which the first phase of program will be initiated for two years on pilot basis.
Expected Outcome
It will result in increased attention of community, administration, media etc. This will lead towards generating debate and discussions among the society and will help to develop an atmosphere in favor of women and adolescent girls and restoring status of women in the society.
It will also help to make community aware of ill effects of prostitution and women discrimination in a comprehensive manner and will develop a ground base for a mass campaign regarding the issue.
It will also generate awareness among women regarding there social and economic status and will motivated them to work to improve it.
More over it will develop a sense of equity and respect for the women and boost these casts and their participation level in the development process.
It will prepare the base for a larger movement that will lead towards promoting egalitarian society.
Mother Sansthan 